Within the case of contesting in the administrative contentious the Methodological Norms for enforcing the lawlessness 258/2013, known also as the “euthanasia law”, “crime’s law” or “Ionuţ law” (according to the pretext speculated regarding the case of the underage Ionuţ Anghel, falsely stated as having been killed by stray dogs), in May 12, 2014, there was the first term in court. The animals lovers from Romania were represented by a group consisting in about 30 persons, present in court. F.P.A.M. was represented by its Founder President Marius Marinescu and the lawyer Mihaela Angheluş. From the A.N.S.V.S.A. came a jurisconsult, and from the Government, nobody.

During the session, Mihaela Angheluş and Marius Marinescu exposed orally the arguments against the Methodological Norms, already included in the file, explaining in detail the reason for which the said norms are badly conceived and impossible to enforce without favouring and even determining many law-breakings. Also, the two representatives added to the file a package of pointed and detailed arguments – for this reason, the court deciding a short break, to Xerox-copy the new material for the opposing parts.

After the debate resumed, the A.N.S.V.S.A. attorney tried to sustain the validity of the norms and the fact that they’d have in view the “animals’ welfare”, in a truncated and unprofessional way, to the public hilarity. As such, Mihaela Angheluş and Marius Marinescu intervened again, dismantling point by point her false arguments.

In the end, the judge decided a term in May 19, for the parts to fill-up written conclusions, followed by a new court session in May 26 – most likely, including the verdict.

In any case, as Marius Marinescu also mentioned during his talks with the other animal lovers, no matter the substance of the reasons in debate, the verdict will depend of the orders given by the Government, via the Justice Department.

We should also keep in mind that any court decision becomes valid since the date it’s communicated. Since the Appeal Court does not send written communications to the parts, in this case it will be the verdict’s posting on the site and the finalized file’s deposing in the archive (although, technically, the decision will be registered as dating from May 26, 2014).

In view of the two factors above mentioned, we have reasons to expect that, one way or another (by rejecting the action or by procrastinating the trial, deciding new later terms or delaying the communication), they will find a solution to prolong the massacre until this coming autumn. As it’s well known, the “Ionuţ manoeuvre” was deliberately planned right for the beginning of September, 2013, so that the whole action of abusing and slaughtering the stray (and not only) dogs could be used as a means of diverting the funds, to finance

the two electoral campaigns of 2014 – for the European Parliament and for the Presidency. The European Elections will take place right in the ewe of May 26 – and the Presidential ones, scheduled for the autumn’s ending, will crown over this year of lawlessness and death.